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Rear tire

From the Yokohama show of course!

First ride of the season

With all the great weather this year, I'm surprised I have not gone riding earlier. So I go and pick a cold night to be my first ride of the season. Bike's going to need some tuning up after sitting all winter, had to mess with it to get it going, feeling sluggish but always a rush to get out for the first time.

GKM 26 on the way

Make sure you grab this one, better yet get a sub. Issue 26 features the photos I have shot of Jason's pan. Excited to see what Guy has done with the photos.

Rusty Gold

If you are in Amsterdam on May 6th, check it out. I like the illustrations on the poster, looks great!

Bigtwin flatty

Shinsuke Takizawa sans Flatty if I'm not mistaken. I like the second pic, I can see my bro with the Mooneyes press vest.

Shinya - Tee

Did some tshirt swapping when I was out in Japan. Got this shirt from Shinya, T @ Chico Moto hooked me up. Great souvenir for me from the trip. Wondering if my shirts are getting any wear, I think the only person I've seen wearing a "throttle. blog" shirt in person is Jason. Thanks man!

Random Photos from JPRC

Some random shots from the years past at JPRC.

DicE 43 - Awesome

Another great issue, didn't have time to check it out in detail yet, but great timing. If you don't have a sub you missed out, make sure you get one.

Another 45 from Milo

Awesome to see someone with a real good sense of humor having a good time with his bikes. Check out some out takes of Milo's 45 from his DicE shoot. Better yet get DicE and see all the photos.

From my brain to the screen - Plans for my 45

Ok, so I borrowed an awesome photo of Matt Olsen's1952 WR build and used it as a base to get a visual out of my brian. The photo was taken by Joseph Emmett Mielke Photography (www.bigjoephoto.com), a bunch of awesome shots there if you are looking for more. I've been staring at all of them for over a year now! I like to try to stick to a focus and an end goal with the understanding that things will change as the bikes usually end up building themselves. But with a plan in hand, at least I can channel all my resources and time towards a target. I've got most of these parts or equivalents now. Still working out some details in my head before bringing the last bits to Jason's place. If anyones got a line on a WR seat and pad let me know. Second photo here is some photoshopping, my parts are a lot more weathered but this is where it's going . . . when I look at the lines on the original it's really hard to beat the way this bike came out originally. Matt's Awesome Build Hon's 45 photoshop brain dump